Mike's Neuron Roundup

2007-01-14T03:48:00.000-08:00

Italics are cool, but come the fuck on..

2005-02-14T02:02:00.000-08:00

Apparently my whole blog is now in italics. I guess I should email blogspot or something.
Weird.

Final Kitten Update

2005-02-07T03:00:00.000-08:00

This is a belated post, as the kittens all found homes weeks ago. Thanks again to Lori for getting them placed at Petsmart. Isis found a good home as well.

I took pictures my last day with the beautiful babies. I'd planned on naming them, but didn't get around to it, so for now, I present:

Sexy,

Wary,

And Rowdy! Yeeehaw!

is that not a hilarious kitten pic? I was playing with him and I grabbed him as he dashed around and shot the picture. Too bad I didn't get him in the whole shot....
Click on the picture to get some really good detail.

Those simple captions describe perfectly, their personalities.
Good luck, guys!

The Infinite Cat Project

2005-01-28T20:03:00.000-08:00
The Infinite Cat Project

Sophie noting Domino scrutinizing Miss Jingles watching
Eddie contemplating Emma ogling Bilbo...

Check out some of the pictures, then be sure to check out the animation of ALL the pictures.
The resolution kind of sucks, but its still cool, nonetheless...

The Animated, Infinite Cat

When I was eight years old,

2004-12-29T02:10:00.000-08:00
my parents got me a book about our solar system. I remember reading about Mars, and looking at the pictures that the Viking probes took. I was totally infatuated with those pictures, and the idea that we had sent cameras millions of miles through space to take them was amazing.
23 years later, our Spirit rover on Mars came upon its own heat shield impact site 2 kilometers away from its landing site, and took a nice picture. What beautiful desolation.
Too Cool!
Click on the pic for an enlarged version....

Link of the day...

2004-12-25T02:19:00.000-08:00
I ran across this and was blown away...
Here's some very interesting performance art.

Kitten update:

2004-11-20T23:09:00.002-08:00
Meet the family....

Incubus

2004-11-09T23:50:00.000-08:00
Went with Ray to check out Incubus at the Assembly Hall.

It looked like there were around 6,000 people in attendance. (half the hall was filled, the other half was curtained off with the biggest damned curtain I've ever seen)

We missed the opening band, The Music.
Incubus was very good. Their light show was even better than their music, and I really like their music. I'll definitely consume fungus the next time they come through town.

Blackout!

2004-11-02T01:23:00.000-08:00
Hi, sorry for the lack of updates, I've been really busy and have neglected my blog.
So, here goes....

Me and some friends went out to the Cowboy Monkey to see some local/national rock stars, The Blackouts, perform on Halloween night.

The first band were 2 rappers from North Carolina and they were good.

The second band was some sort of gothic, techno, industrial, rap, rock type. They sucked. IMHO whenever you combine over 3 genres into one music type, you run into grave, grave risks... (we went across the street to the Esquire for pool for most of their set)

Band #3 was punk rock, and was really good.

The Blackouts rocked. (that's period).
I'll paste some pics up here soon.

The kittens are good, all have opened their beautiful blue eyes and are starting to explore. :D

So,

2004-10-16T03:13:00.000-07:00
I took her to my parents house, wrapped her in a paper towel, and buried her next to Proteus.
It fucking sucked!
:(

A sad day...

2004-10-16T01:37:00.000-07:00
As I was checking out the kittens tonite, I idendtified the runt.
He/she was cold, and not feeding like the rest of the kittens.
I quickly searched the net, looking for tips on how I should handle this baby.
She wasn't crying much, which could be a cue to the seriousness of the situation.
I proceeded to close all the heating vents in the house, except the one in the birthing room. (in a vain attempt to heat her/him up)
Isis seemed to know the outcome, as the 4th time I checked her tonite, she was laying on top of this baby.
I was checking them every hour, trying to get the runt to nurse, and the 7th time I checked, he/she was dead..... (2:15 am, cst)
I hold it in my hands now, as I type this, and the whole situation SUCKS!
It's like the death of Proteus, all over again...
I'M DONE WITH FOSTERING CATS, PERIOD!
i DON'T NEED THIS SHIT..

Addendum:
I thought to take a picture, as
I'm bawling my eyes out, so, here she/he is.... I held onto her for 2 hours, crying and lamenting his/her fate. (think I'm a wuss? I'll be happy to knock your teeth out your ass, seriously... any takers??)

Pic of the day... and BABIES!

2004-10-14T23:28:00.000-07:00
Funny personal add:

In other news, when I went to bed last night I had 2 cats, and when I woke up this morning I had six! Woo-hoo!
Isis, who I'm fostering, brought 4 new kittens into the world! They are of course, adorable, and healthy. Both mom and the kittens are doing great. I've been around other litters in the past, and I can tell that Isis is very attentive, and very proud of her progeny. Good deal..
Here comes the pictures! (click on the images for a larger version)

Bluegrass

2004-10-12T01:13:00.000-07:00
Saturday night, Darren, Lori, Chris, Some Dude, and I saw Green Mountain Grass at the Iron Post. They were ok, although I thought their mics should've been louder..
It's weird, so many electric bands are TOO loud, and most Acoustic bands aren't loud enough. Go fig.
Green Mountain Grass's Website

The Black Crows (almost, well not really)

2004-10-09T01:20:00.000-07:00
Tonite me and D hit the Canopy Club to check out Ritchie Robinson, the guitarist for the Black Crows. He is also the brother of Chris Robinson, legendary lead singer of the crows.
I originally saw the crows at a small, now-defunct club called Mable's in the early 90's and it was one hell of a show. When I saw them listed at the C.C. I had to complete the circle and check them out.
The opening band was very good, and Rich's band did a good job. His style isn't uber-exiting, but his guitar work was amazing. Too bad I wasn't stoned (grrrrr), or it would have been even better. He had a very Jerry Garcia-esque type of style, with long songs filled with exquisite axe work. It sounded alot like the Crows, minus Chris of course.
I had a good time, and hear that Chris Robinson is starting his own solo tour in the U.S. in November... If he comes to Chambana, I'm there!

In Weezer mode...

2004-10-07T01:28:00.000-07:00
I learned 2 new songs today, both by weezer.
I had the day off so I downloaded the tabs for "Say It Ain't So" , and "Undone-The Sweater Song"
I played both riffs about 100 times each and can firmly say that I have them down. Fun songs, for sure.
The drum parts are cake, so I'm sure Darren can handle them, no prob.

In other news, my friend Mary had a cat that was preggers, so I'm fostering her/them until they are adoptable, at which point Lori (thanks) will get them neutered and find them homes. As soon as I get some AA batteries I'll get some pics, and I'll be sure to get some pics of the new babies when they come out..
I'm excited to be hosting a litter of kittens, well, because, kittens RULE! :)
(plus I get to name them, lol)

Local H, Troi..

2004-10-02T23:47:00.000-07:00
Tonite I went out with Darren, Lori, and Thurmond to see Local H at the courtyard cafe. We skipped the first three bands and hung out at Murphy's Pub until the show started.
It was a good show, with great energy, and lots of moshing and body-surfing.

A Good Time Was Had By All.

I only had my camera phone to take pics with, and I'll upload a couple images sometime in the near future.

Kitten ownership from an IT standpoint..

2004-10-01T23:44:00.000-07:00
Hey, all you cat lovers, check out this hilarious link.

Cool.

2004-09-29T02:18:00.000-07:00
I wasted/spent a couple hours checking out the photos from our little RC cars, millions of miles away on the surface of mars. This link has cool slideshows outlining the rovers weekly activities.
Spirit and Opportunity are still plugging away, drilling into rocks and slowly traversing the surface of the red planet.

An orbiting satellite took the picture below, where you can actually see the tracks laid by one of the rovers... Tre Cool! (yeah, yeah, I'm a total geek) :)

A no good, very bad, day.

2004-09-25T19:45:00.000-07:00
I woke up this morning, very pissy.
I had the day off, so I watched a bit of football on tv, (Illinois lost), then went out to the studio to jam.
My heart totally wasn't into it (playing) today. After messing around for an hour, I called it quits and retreated to the apartment.
I made some pasta for dinner, cleaned up the place up a bit, jogged a mile, then turned into a couch potato for the rest of the night.
I suppose that my day has turned around... I'm playing my acoustic, watching British comedies on PBS, and having a decent time. I just learned redemption song by Bob Marley, and I'm trying to figure out how to play the harmonics for Blurry by Puddle of Mudd. (harmonics on a guitar are a BITCH)
Saturday Night Live is coming up and I'm looking forward to some more laughter.
Tomorrow is a new day. :D
I think I'll catch a show at Club Nargille....

Friday

2004-09-24T21:21:00.000-07:00
The band practiced for about 3 hours this afternoon, more free form stuff than covers, which was fun. I wasn't really grooving until about halfway through. (slight hangover)
I went out to the studio for a couple more hours tonite to work on some new songs I've been writing.
We're less than a month away from our first open mic night, and as soon as we decide on a recording device, we'll lay down our first demo cd and start playing regularly live, around town. It's going to be a VERY fun winter... :)
I've been trying to figure out the 3 or 4 songs we'll play at the Canopy Club, and I've narrowed it down to several candidates:
American Idiot - Green Day
What Went Wrong - Blink 182
Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
In The Garage - Weezer
All The Small Things - Blink 182
Dead Leaves - The White Stripes
Los Angeles Is Burning - Bad Religion
Patience - Guns 'n' Roses
Keep Fishin' - Weezer
We do all of these really well, maybe I'll just flip a coin to pick the 4 we need.

GODDAMMIT!

2004-09-24T01:01:00.000-07:00
I wrote a cool post, and blogger destroyed it!
I didn't have the heart to recreate it again.
I've just got to remember to Control-A, Control-C, when I write anything with this peice of shit software. ARRRRGGGGHHHH!
(fuck off blogspot.com)

Wow!

2004-09-23T01:18:00.000-07:00
What a SHOW!
When we got to the Canopy Club, the line was a block long. I was worried we wouldn't get in. (it was a free show, you had to win tickets to get in, and they "oversold" it by 1000)
The joint was absolutely packed, the beer was expensive, and I had a great time.
Papa Del's offered FREE PIZZA through the whole event. I only had 2 pieces tho, cough cough, yknow the whole weightloss thing..
The first band was ok.
The second band was getting better.
Then Puddle of Mudd came out and just kicked everyone's fucking ass. We squeezed our way to the front and were practically on the front rail, feet from the band.
I've been to *alot* of shows/concerts in my day, and I think that Puddle of Mudd takes top honors for making their live sound VERY close to their recorded sound. Since I've been in a band, I've only recently realized how hard of a feat that is. Wes Scanlin (guitar/lead vocals) played on at least $16,000 of Gibson Les Paul Custom guitars. (drool) The drummer's setup was a set of swank DW drums with very wild shells, probably in the neighborhood of 7 grand.
Here comes the pictures!
Arun and Me

Wes, tearing it up.

My buddy Biscuit was working security that night.

Me and Biscuit, earlier that night.

For the encore, Wes put on a U of I t-shirt. (cool)

Everyone had a good time. :)

A few interesting things happened tonite, here they are not in any particular order.
1- Since we were so close to the stage, when I held my camera out to shoot Wes, it was about 4 feet from his face. I shot my first picture and he said "Wow, that was a nice shot." (I was drunk and laughed)
2-I got goosed during "spin you around". At that point I'd had too many beers and was way into the song, so for some reason I didn't turn around to see who did it. My loss... Or was it hers?
3-After the encore, me and another dude both caught a drum stick thrown into the crowd by the drummer. I expertly wrestled it away from him, we laughed, and he said (sarcastically) "Aweee, why don't you break it in half?" So I broke it in half, and gave him the lower part. I told him the "Battle for the Stick" was a good fight, and he kept it clean, so he deserved it.
He was really happy.
His girlfriend was HOT.
I felt like a drunken good Samaritan. :D

Jumping into a Puddle...

2004-09-22T01:14:00.000-07:00
A Puddle of Mudd, woohoo!

Darren is stuck working in Jacksonville, so Arun is using my second ticket and we're going to check them out at the Canopy Club.

They put on a great show, very close to their recorded stuff, so I'm sure it will be a blast again. The Canopy is a very cool venue, housed in the the Ex-Thunderbird Theatre.

Its a great size for a club. It is intimate, yet holds about 1000 people.
I'll post pics of the show here tomorrow night.

Check out the Canopy Club's website

Video-O-rama

2004-09-21T01:42:00.000-07:00
Stumbled onto this link and wasted about 3 hours here.
Lots of classic, and banned commercials, plus assorted interesting video clips.

2004-09-21T01:41:00.000-07:00

A New Chapter

2004-09-19T23:35:00.000-07:00
After quitting smoking, and gaining about 25lbs (we knew this would happen.. greatest fears realized, etc), Today was the day I changed my diet and starting exercising hardcore..
I ran 1.2 miles, which was the first time I'd actually ran for fitness in over a decade. I'm shooting for 5 miles per day, and hope to be there by the end of the week. Tomorrow I will run/jog 3 miles. It wasn't that bad, although it was strange to feel that "lungs on fire" feeling that I hadn't felt since Junior High Cross Country. Back then my tubby ass ran/walked the 2 mile in about 17 mins. (personal record, my avg. was maybe closer to 25 minutes, LOL)
I also ripped out 50 situps, which, unlike the running, I'm accustomed to. I did situps/pushups religiously for the last 3 years excluding the last 7 months that I gained all this weight. My record was 300 a day, for about a week. The avg. was 20 a day, every day, and I miss my abs.
In summation, the plan currently is to run 5 miles a day, EVERY day, and 100 situps per day, EVERY day, until I hit my ideal weight of 155-160. Wish me luck.
I also ate under 2000 calories for the first time in a long time. I'm shooting for under 1000 calories per day if I can do it. Bye-bye butter, et al, until I fix my metabolism.
Ahhh... the dawn of a new day. :)

Whoa..

2004-09-19T00:34:00.000-07:00
So, I'm watching a PBS show regarding venomous species in Australia.
Most of what was featured were ocean creatures, reptiles, or spiders, etc.
Then they get to the Duck Billed Platypus, which turns out are only one of four mammals that are venomous. Strangely enough, only the males are venomous... (Look out, ladies...)
Wow, you learn something new everyday.
The other 3 venomous mammals are a couple species of shrew, and something called a Solenodon.

Watch out for this little cutie, he'll kill ya! ;)

Here's a Solenodon, native to Cuba.

Shiat!

2004-09-18T02:16:00.000-07:00
Weighed myself today..... 185!
I really, really, really, really, really, really, really miss the nicotine DIET.
I'm buying running shoes on Monday..
Look out world. Mike is fucking jogging.
L...O....L!

From the "Weird Timing" department...

2004-09-17T17:40:00.000-07:00
Crash caught 'live' on the news in Kansas

Wichita, Kansas - Reporter Matt Mauro of TV station KWCH in Wichita, KS was doing a live report for the 6:00 news on what locals say is a dangerous intersection.

As Mauro is narrating the dangers of the intersection in the town of Maize, an accident happens right in front of him.

The video shows a truck slamming into a car during the live broadcast. KWCH is reporting that the driver of the truck was not seriously injured, but the driver of the car is listed in critical condition in the hospital.

No charges have been filed and the Sedgewick County Sheriffs Department is continuing their investigation."

Crash Video
Original Story

First off, who was the story editor for their webpage? As you can see in the video, the crash happens BEHIND the reporter.
Second off, what an asshole the reporter is... Rather than run to the aid of the victims while dialing 911, he continues to report.
Sheeesh!

Plant speakers, neeto...

2004-09-15T03:31:00.000-07:00
Our Japanese friends have a device that converts a plant into speakers... The sound is bound to be crappy, but it's still a neato device.
Check it out.

My blog celebrated its 500th page hit today. Thanks to all my friends in the readership. (Tim, John, Randall, Kirsten, Sarah, Bob, Ben, Jim, Lori, Steve, Joe, Bill, Mike, Keith, Arun, Jessica, Scott, James, etc.)
recently, I've gotten a few hits from the Aussies. Some of you Seppos should drop me a line and let me know where you heard about my page. I'd be eternally grateful, mates! ;)
subetha73 (at) hotmail.com - minus the spaces and parenthesis. Fuck the spammers.

Local H, redux.

2004-09-14T21:51:00.000-07:00
Last night I went with Robert and Thurmond to Chucktown to see Local H at Friends and Company. I saw them a few months back at the Canopy Club, (large joint), so it was cool to see them again in a much smaller venue. Friends and Co. is about the size of Cowboy Monkey, or the stage half of the Highdive.
There were five bands that night and as we arrived "Aliens Lie" was setting up. They sucked, and were your typical hardcore band wannabes.
Local H took the stage at 10:45 and played until 1:30. The show was fucking great. H has amazing energy and the crowd was really going nuts. Just like the Canopy Club performance, there was a mosh pit front and center, although the one last night took place in a 6x6 area. What a cute little mosh pit it was.. ;)
At the end the bar cleared out and I got to meet the guys, they were both cool. Scott was really drunk by that point and I'm pretty sure the drummer was frying on something, but they were neat guys.
A good time was had by all. (again)

Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention this.. On the trip to Chucktown, I was lamenting the fact that you couldn't buy Puddle of Mudd tix for the Canopy Club, you had to win them, either on the radio, or in person at some lame Miller Light bar events, and Robert produced 2 tickets! He isn't into the band, so he gave them to me for free! Fucking Right Brother! Lucky me gets to see them at the Canopy on the 22nd..... Too karmic. :D /me sports a big-assed grin!

A Sunday Night Out

2004-09-13T02:41:00.000-07:00
I went to the Cowboy Monkey tonite with Darren to check out the "Video Diner" season kick-off party. (hosted by Chris Green) Video diner is a local PBS show that plays good indie stuff along with a bunch of local stuff, too.
The Rosebuds were a no-show and Felix took thier place with their last show ever. They were decent, but very derivative.
Up next was The Like Young with a husband-wife combo. They rocked, and the chick drummer was sexy.

The Like Young's Website
We missed American Minor, the headliners, but will check them out another time.
A good time was had by all, and I was pleased again at the quality of our local music scene.

American Minor's Website

Digital camera + fisheye lens + a kite = Fucking COOL!

2004-09-08T16:51:00.000-07:00
These guys used the above rig to create some AMAZING shots from a kite flying in England.

Use your cursor to navigate the panoramas, and the +/- to zoom in.
Can you find the kite flyers in the pix?

Shot 1
Shot 2
Shot 3
Shot 4

My next frivolous purchase!

2004-09-07T23:39:00.000-07:00
Wow! Old tech meets new tech! This is way better than the snes crap that I've seen.
For 24.99 you get 5 killer Arcade games. I'm there! (after I pay rent, LOL)

Obligatory Wesley photo:

Pic of the day:

2004-09-01T23:05:00.000-07:00
Whoops!

taken in the air over Atlanta last tuesday, story here.

Fun/Danger with google!

2004-09-01T22:13:00.000-07:00
Try this,
this,
or,
mp3's anyone?
or,
Pictures anyone?

Watch what you share,
and know that the google toolbar "phones home" any page you visit, even private ones shared between two friends. (unless they put in the appopriate robots.txt file, which they never do)
The days of leaving a set of keys under your doormat, "information wise" are over...

Damn.

2004-08-25T23:56:00.000-07:00
Julia Childs passed away today.
Mom was a BIG fan, and mom taught me to cook, so I'm a little bummed.
She dug butter, which always makes a dish better, so.. we'll miss ya Julia.
Story

Olympic commentary..

2004-08-25T23:28:00.000-07:00
It comes once every four years, so what the hell, here goes.
First, I gotta say, it was great to see Fani Halkia, hometown favorite, win the gold medal in the 400 meters hurdles.

Seeing 70,000 fans Flip Out is always great, even if the U.S. didn't win. (we still own the medal count) ;)
That said....
(olympic rant -on-)
Basketball Headline:
LeBron (James) lowers the bar on U.S. basketball
Star says it's no big deal if Americans don't win gold medal.
Fuck you you lame assed, non-outside shooting asshole. Until 2 days ago, the United State's outside shooting was the LOWEST out of any team in the entire games, male or female! (the reason we DROPPED so many games!)
If Jordan was on your team, he'd have whipped you ass on principle, by now, BOY.
Are you worth your millions a year? Doubt it. Hang your head in shame!
Here's the link to the: story
Dream team my ASS.
Yall are almost Un-American! Losers....
Another quick quote from the NBA "godsend"
"“I had no idea what I was getting into,” James said. “This is the Olympic team. I just wanted to be on the Olympic team and have the experience. Everything on the court I did not expect, but I think I’d do it again.”"
PA-Thetic
(rant off)

my lungs hurt

Today's Update,

2004-08-23T22:54:00.000-07:00
really isn't an update at all. You've been bamboozled.
My apologies.
Check back tomorrow, maybe you'll get lucky.

((-( end transmission )-))

Origami is cool.

2004-08-22T22:38:00.000-07:00
Check out some of Joseph Wu's work.
He's a master.

Merge and the Mighty Pranksters!

2004-08-22T01:36:00.000-07:00
Went to Fat City with "best bud" Darren last night and saw Merge. Call it a recreation/research fieldtrip.
Supposedly, they were a punk cover band (Blink 182, etc), but I heard only 2 punk songs and no Blink covers. That's ok, they put on a great show with a diverse playlist. They had a very expensive equipment setup and the crowd seemed to really enjoy the gig. A good time was had by all. They don't have a .com,.net,.org addy, and I missed the ~/something/bands/obscure/bloomington/hidden/merge.html addy that they mentioned, soooo, No Website for You! ;) A brief google search didn't turn up squat. Brings to mind the quote from the Mel Brooks movie, Spaceballs.
"We ain't found SHIT!"
(combing the desert)
Edit: Okay, I dug deeper and found their website. Ladies and gentleman, I give you Merge

The night before, at the same venue, Darren, Lori and I saw THE MIGHTY PRANKSTERS! I hadn't seen them in over 13 years, and they were part of my formative years..
IMHO, they are the best Grateful Dead cover band EVER.
That night was an incredible blast from the past, and I had a GREAT TIME.
The Mighty Prankster's Website
The show fucking ROCKED and I'm so glad that I lucked out and got to see them.
It's people like them that keep alive the spirit of Jerry, and the whole affair brought a tear to my eye. LONG LIVE THE DEAD! :)
"Luv ya, and miss ya, JerrBear!" R.I.P.

X-Games - Big Air Competition

2004-08-19T00:01:00.001-07:00
I mentioned it in my last post, and I found some great video for this one.
Disclaimer: My only skateboard experience was dropping into a neighbor's halfpipe and landing on my face in 1990... (skateboard career over)
So, that said, I was never a big skateboarder or a huge fan of the sport..
But check this
shit out!

It takes some major cahones to drop into a pipe 8(!) stories high and pull off a cool trick. /me tips his hat.

Obligatory USA women's beach volleyball shot ;)

Aaaaand, the latest medal count:
(Gold, Silver, Bronze, Total)
United States 10 10 9 29
China 11 7 4 22
Australia 6 4 6 16
Russia 3 6 6 15
(eat it, China) just kidding! ;)

Since I've been sick,

2004-08-18T00:51:00.000-07:00
All I've had to do is to be still, and watch T.V. (and without pot, believe me, it is a monumental effort!)

Of course my main choice has been the Olympics, and I have to admit, the older I get the more I enjoy them!

As always, the U.S. is kicking ass and taking names.
Country Total
1 United States 6 7 6 19
2 China 10 6 2 18
3 Australia 6 3 5 14
4 Russian Federation 2 5 5 12

My favorites: Women's gymnastics, and Women's Beach Volleyball (how the hell did this become an event? I mean beach volleyball in general, regardless of gender.. lol)

Yeah, I'm totally a typical guy, but those uniforms RULE!
Hey, if beach volleyball is in, then....
Bring on the skateboard events in 2008! Woohoo!

If you didn't catch the big air competition for the X-Games, you missed out! It was insane!

Here's a semi-quote for you, regarding the X-Games, from Adam Corolla of "Loveline"
"For basketball or baseball to get more extreme, it takes the athletes getting bigger, stronger, faster...
But for the X-Games to get more extreme, it entails: smoke some more pot, and make the ramp higher!" (lol)
Agreed, Adam.

Monet on my mind (many neurons firing!)

2004-08-14T23:51:00.000-07:00
For some reason, Claude Monet is in my brain tonite.

I saw a few pieces of his work at a museum in Amsterdam, and he along with his fellow impressionists have always been a favorite of mine.

Sure, Rembrandt is almost a perfect picture of life in his times, light and shadow etc... But I dig impressionists, where it's up to your mind's eye to finish the picture. When you look at an impressionist painting, its amazing how some blobs of paint can come alive in your mind!

So, since it's on My mind, here's a couple cool Monet's for you to groove on. :)

Bird watching..

2004-08-14T21:14:00.000-07:00
Wesley spends his days watching the birds and squirrels in the tree outside my front window. It reminded me of this :

A soldier's Quote:

2004-08-12T00:35:00.000-07:00
"We can take any city you want...
But each time we do, we create more people that HATE the United States."

Way to go, you SHRUBfuck!
Kerry in 04!

SubEtha

Anniversary Approaches

2004-08-11T20:07:00.000-07:00
I just got an email from someone that I talked to months ago at a site called Quitnet, a support site for those who have quit smoking.

It turns out that my one year anniversary from quitting smoking is approaching!
My stats:

351 days, 20 hours, 6 minutes and 59 seconds smoke free.

17592 cigarettes not smoked.
$3,510.00 and 4 months, 14 days, 9 hours of your life saved.

I still think about smoking just about every day.
Quitting has been the most royal pain in the ass that I've ever had!
Done is done tho, and the longer I go, the easier it gets. The first month was HELL.
Month 12 is just annyoing in comparison. Hopefully month 24 will be a cakewalk.

An oldie, but a goodie

2004-08-11T17:03:00.000-07:00

Gary Larson rules....

Do ya dig looping?

2004-08-10T22:22:00.000-07:00
If so, and if you're in the bay area (cali), check out this event, where my buddy Tim C. will be laying down some killer loops. He writes:

"this sunday i'll be joining a fun crew of artists and performers at Studio Z
on 11th and Folsom. there will be acrobats, contortionists, fire arts, fine
arts, vaudeville acts, go-go dancers, bands, dj's, beatboxing and me. i'll
do a live looping set starting @ 1am. sounds kinda late for a sunday night
but you're alive once and this event should be just the fix."

http://www.vaudeviresociety.com/

He is Eotoe!

"EOTOE (Expectation Of The Others Expectation), a one man live looping
experience constructing grooves with percussives, layering, deconstructing,
evolving into ambience back to groove incorporating live filtering, pitch
shifting, poly delays, noize, sweeps and feedback. from the bottom of your
feet with thick rolling bass, through your body with bone shaking mids to
the top of your spirit with tingling highs, timothy engages a continual call
and response with possibilities to
create highly organic music, bringing the heart and soul of handrums to the
power of electronica."

Here's an old (but cool) pic:

Come on out and meet the Master of the Djembe.... Tim! (love ya brother!)

What?

2004-08-10T21:18:00.000-07:00
Ok, in the prior post I bitched about blogger fucking up and not caching my post after I previewed it.
As I posted that, one of the posts that was supposedly lost, popped up into the blog 6! times!
WTF??
I guess that's karma coming back at me, soooo
I'm soooo sorry I denegrated you blog.
Stop fucking with my brain.

ARRRRRRG!

2004-08-10T21:11:00.000-07:00
Twice I've written a couple good rants about this and that.
I then went to preview them, hit the "back" button and found them wiped out.

FUCK THAT.
FUCK BLOGGER. (I'll get the hang of it one of these days)
FUCK GEORGE BUSH.
FUCK THE WAR.

More to come soon, when I get the will to REWRITE live thoughts....

I hate you, Mark Hymen

2004-08-06T01:53:00.001-07:00
I just despise it when the stupid pose in the guise of an intellectual.

I'll elaborate on this later, but for now, I just hate you Mark Hymen, and your ilk.

Hope I don't meet you in a bar somewhere for a debate, and in the alley soon after for fisticuffs you moronic, programmed, piece of Shit.

Check out his "points" (The point, with mark vagina, I mean hymen)
www.newscentral.tv
"Channel 15's AMAZING news partner"

A requiem for Proteus, the most amazing cat.

2004-08-02T00:32:00.000-07:00
We are nearing the one year anniversary of the death of my most beautiful, favorite cat ever, Proteus....
Proty was with me from age 15, to age 30, and I will never forget him.
He was my crippled, enthusiastic buddy for 15 freaking years.
Anyone that met him, heard his story and will remember him forever.
Tears well up in my eyes as I recount this, for it was he that turned me totally on to the animal spirit.
He was with me for every girlfriend, every apartment, every day of my adult life.
He was the smartest, most self-reliant cat that I've ever known.
He had an amazing personality, amazing love for me, and on August 4th, 2003, quietly laid down under the deck at my house, went to sleep and did not awaken.
What a great way for a cat so great to die.
I'd had cats in the past die sick, and of organ failure, and I'd had to decide their ultimate fate, (euthanasia), but the one I loved most just went to sleep.
He is buried under a tree at my house (thanks mom), and will live forever with me.
You rock Proteus, and I hope to see you again someday.
Love ya always, my cute, fat, little tyger.......

Houston, we have a name!

2004-08-01T01:18:00.000-07:00
I had been searching and searching a multi-meaning single word, or a noun that was also a verb (known as a gerund), for a band name for a long time.
Darren left a message on my phone the other day with the ground breaking, history making, name for our punk band. (he also came up with a title for our first album, for which the actual songs do not exist yet)
We're about 99% sure on this one, just have to check and get a copyright, and have a few more discussions on the subject, but we're basically there.
Drum roll please........

Ladies and germs, I give you.... BOX, and its first album, "Lunch at the Y"

TADA! (way to go D!)

We cover about 50 songs, and are almost ready to both GIG OUT, and write our own shit. Stay tuned for further info, this is not a test.

Pic of the day...and Diagnostics

2004-07-30T21:12:00.000-07:00

In other news, I went to the emergency room today with my persistent bad cough, lightheadedness and difficutly breathing. (even after 3 whole weeks without pot!)
The honorable Dr. J. Peterson diagnosed me with Pneumonia and prescribed a course of antibiotics.
My Primary Care Physician (name withheld), had diagnosed me with excessive stress a week ago, and had prescribed a Particularly Twisted Antidepressant, Trazadone (Deseryl), which I absolutley refused to take until I could get a second opinion! (me, stressed? "what me worry" is my motto!)
FUUUUCK YEAH!
I'm going to heal up and get a goddamed vaporizor! WooHoo!
Viva la pot!
Viva second opinions!
Long live me! ;)
(and, whew!)

Jay-Zeezer

2004-07-24T01:41:00.000-07:00
Check out www.jay-zeezer.com
This guy remixed Jay-Z's vocal tracks with the music and choruses from some great Weezer songs. My favorite is Track 6 "Surfwax off your shoulders". Download and listen to that one first....trust me, its got some Fun Energy! Btw, the zip download was corrupt, but I got the individual tracks from download site #4.

Check it tha fuck out, BIOTCH! ;)

Day TwoPointFive

2004-07-22T02:03:00.000-07:00
Here is my new cat, Wesley. (I didn't name him, but it works)

He has F.I.V. and is rowdy as fuck.
He got the Faids, on a farm somewhere, probably from fucking a chicken, horse or other farm animal. I forgive his heathen soul for his past transgressions.
He is interested in meeting a female feline that is also F.I.V. positive.

I'm allowed to "forgive his heathen soul" because I'm now:
The REVEREND Michael James Wingfield of the Universal Life Church (ulc.org), in order to marry a couple of friends on sept 19th. L-o-freakin-L!
Praaaaise Jebus! All Hail Zog! I'ma start a damn religion!

Day Two

2004-07-22T02:00:00.000-07:00
All work and No Pot make Sub a Dull Boy.
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh!
Hello, world.
Fuck off, world.

Day One

2004-07-15T01:38:00.000-07:00
Ahhhhh, my first blog!
No thoughts.
Stay tuned.

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